The life and letters of Washington Irving . cula rerumLaxet, et ingens pateat tellus,Tethysque novos delegat orbes,Nee sit terris Ultima Thule. [ Distant the age, but surely it will come,When he—Oceanus—fettering all , and the vast earth lieth before man,Tethys unveils that world, yet unknown,And no more an Ultima Thule.] Peschel, generally accurate and cautious, gives no authority for theassumption that Columbus knew this remarkable passage ; and Dr. Lieberhad asked Irving whether he knew of any. The first portion of Irvingsletter refers to this enquiry. The latter portion of the

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The life and letters of Washington Irving . cula rerumLaxet, et ingens pateat tellus,Tethysque novos delegat orbes,Nee sit terris Ultima Thule. [ Distant the age, but surely it will come,When he—Oceanus—fettering all , and the vast earth lieth before man,Tethys unveils that world, yet unknown,And no more an Ultima Thule.] Peschel, generally accurate and cautious, gives no authority for theassumption that Columbus knew this remarkable passage ; and Dr. Lieberhad asked Irving whether he knew of any. The first portion of Irvingsletter refers to this enquiry. The latter portion of the letter has referenceto the fact that Dr. Lieber, considering, as he does, William of Nassauand Washington akin in character, has hanging against the wall of hisentry a frame surrounding the portraits of the two great men, placed inclose connection. Over them is the sign used by astronomers for a doublestar; under them is written, Stella Duplex Around the portrait ofWilliam is his own motto : Scevis tranquillus in undis. Around that of.

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